Smartphone sales are starting to peak. People are upgrading to new hardware less often, and so carriers and handset makers are looking for ways to goose the market. Carriers also are trying to wean themselves and their customers off subsidies.
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By Caleb Garling Follow @calebgarling Doug Engelbart, one of the great technology minds of the 20th century, passed away last night, peacefully, at his home in Atherton after health complications with his kidneys deteriorated over the weekend. He was 88. First it must be said that just about everyone who knew Engelbart spoke of his […]
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The decline of the PC market continues, as consumers spend their tech budgets on tablets and smartphones rather than new desktop and notebook computers. An updated forecast from market research firm Gartner shows just how this trend is developing.
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This month, another surviving example of the roughly 200 Apple I computers built and sold 37 years ago is being auctioned off through Christie’s. With an introductory bid set at $300,000, the rig is expected to fetch well over its current assessed value of $500,000.
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Jay Lee, host of the Technology Bytes radio show and the Chronicle’s HelpLine columnist and blogger, recently purchased one of Apple’s newest MacBook Airs. I asked him to write about his impressions of the ultrathin notebook.
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By Benny Evangelista San Francisco Chronicle Sony landed a solid counter punch on Microsoft Monday night by announcing its next-generation PlayStation 4 game console would not only cost $100 cheaper than the rival Xbox, but would come without restrictions for used games. Sony used its E3 media briefing fire direct shots at Microsoft targeting several […]
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By Caleb Garling San Francisco Chronicle On Monday, at its annual conference for software developers, computing giant Apple made a point to stick to its claim as tech’s preeminent leader in design and user experience. But more importantly, as software increasingly heads for the clouds, Cupertino went to great lengths to point out that its […]
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When I first set out to go cable-TV-free, I was determined to cut the cord without buying any additional hardware. Surveying my landscape of ways to watch TV via the Internet, it seemed I had everything I needed. My Samsung HDTV has apps for Netflix, YouTube, Hulu Plus and Amazon Instant Video. I have HDMI […]
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That Windows 8 has met with resistance from a lot of longtime users of Microsoft’s operating system would be an understatement. If you ever needed a case study for the old adage that “most people don’t like change,” Windows 8 will do nicely. Indeed, at least one major market research firm has laid the blame […]
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Regular readers know that I came very, very close to switching to Android last year, lured first by the original HTC One and then Samsung’s Galaxy S3. But the iPhone 5 was good enough to keep me in the Apple fold, at least for the two years that I’m shackled to my AT&T contract. I’m […]
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Everyone knew the market for personal computers was bad, but few realized it was this bad. On Wednesday, market research firms IDC and Gartner released reports on PC sales for the first quarter of 2013. Though the companies’ respective numbers don’t match – and in some categories diverge completely – they both paint a bleak […]
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The joys of all-in-one desktop computers are that they are usually sleek, take up less space and are very simple to set up and get running. They eliminate some cords and make for a more elegant workspace. But when something goes wrong, they’re usually not as easy to fix as a traditional, tower-style desktop PC. […]
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In ancient times – around the early 2000s – the only Internet connected devices in most households were PCs. Most folks had one or two at best – a desktop and maybe a laptop. But with the explosion of mobile devices, that’s changed dramatically. A new study by the NPD group found that there are […]
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